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Rags & Riches
Mary Pickford
Collection
(1910-1926)

Contents: Ramona (1910), The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), The Hoodlum (1919) and Sparrows (1926).

This quality collection of Mary Pickford films includes the previously unreleased feature The Hoodlum (1919) in it. The collection has been specially produced to introduce younger viewers to the silent era of film and the films of Mary Pickford.

The Milestone Cinematheque
2012 Blu-ray Disc edition

Rags & Riches Mary Pickford Collection (1910-1926), black & white, 257 minutes total, not rated, including Ramona (1910), black & white, 17 minutes, not rated, The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917), black & white, 75 minutes, not rated, The Hoodlum (1919), color-tinted black & white, 92 minutes, not rated, and Sparrows (1926), color-toned black & white, 90 minutes, not rated.

Milestone Films, distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories, MileBD00120, UPC 7-84148-01205-6, ISBN 978-1-933920-37-5.
Three single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; stnadard three-disc BD keepcase; $34.95.
Release date: 6 November 2012 (limited release, May 2012).
Country of origin: USA

With a previously unreleased (on DVD) Pickford title on it, and the DVD home video rerelease of Sparrows (1926), this collection of three Pickford features and a Biograph short will be highly appealing to collectors.

The films are accompanied by music scores by Philip Carli and the Flower City Society Orchestra, and music scores by Bonnie Ruth Janofsky and Jeffrey Silverman, both performed by the Rouse Philharmonic.

The supplemental material includes optional spoken intertitles with explanations of the action to assist younger viewers with their enjoyment of the films.

For our comparative reviews of the individual films in the collection, see our Ramona on home video, Poor Little Rich Girl on home video, The Hoodlum on home video and Sparrows on home video pages.

This collection is highly recommended.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .